After a moment of shock.
Everyone present was so frightened that they couldn't speak, and no other thoughts could be swung through their minds.
All that remained was deep fear!
Lin Mo glanced at the crowd ahead and didn't find anyone suspicious for the time being.
"Who else has been bitten or scratched by a zombie?"
"Think carefully before you answer. I'm doing this for everyone's sake."
In the crowd.
Several people looked slightly uneasy.
The others didn't speak either, but they quietly distanced themselves from some people; their actions and glances gave the answer.
Something seemed amiss.
Those who were in trouble turned and ran without hesitation, but unfortunately they still couldn't escape the bullets.
Watching the targets fall one by one.
Lin Mo couldn't help but shake his head: "They're a bit harder to fight than zombies. It seems I still need to practice my marksmanship."
After the potential hazards were dealt with.
Lin Mo turned his gaze to the crowd again: "You all came empty-handed, are you all thinking of getting freebies?"
None of the twenty or so people at the entrance dared to answer; some were even beginning to regret coming here.
Despite being very scared.
But no one dared to run away; the lesson they had just learned was still fresh in their minds.
Quite some time passed like this.
A woman finally couldn't hold back any longer and stepped forward, kneeling down on the ground with a thud.
"Please, please give me some food."
"I'll do anything you ask, my child hasn't eaten for three days."
Lin Mo glanced at it indifferently, his expression unchanged.
“I made it very clear in the group that if you want food, you have to buy it with money or exchange it for something of value.”
The woman was slightly taken aback upon hearing this.
The expressions of the others finally changed, and they were all more or less surprised.
Trading money for food?
But now that it's the end of the world, what's the use of money?
At first, they were so focused on whether the food in the picture was real that they subconsciously ignored other information.
so.
They only brought weapons to deal with the zombies and didn't prepare anything else.
Lin Mo had anticipated this situation and said impatiently:
"Don't worry about what I need the money for."
"Anyway, as long as you give me something valuable, I'll give you food. Quantities are limited, first come, first served."
Slowly.
Someone behind realized what was happening and turned to leave, and the others followed suit.
Halfway there, everyone started running, afraid that if they were too slow, they wouldn't get any food.
Whether it's true or not, we should at least give it a try.
They will starve to death if they don't have food now, and they have nothing left to lose.
In no time, almost everyone had left.
Only two people remained standing still: the two surviving movers, the tall, thin Zhao Feiyu and the fat Zhu Wei.
"You can leave now."
"If you need food, you can come to me to buy it, just like they do."
These words really struck a chord with Zhu Wei.
He stayed there, not daring to leave, partly because Lin Mo hadn't spoken yet, and partly because he was also thinking about the food.
"I don't have much cash at home, but I have quite a few rare figurines. Can I use these to exchange for food?"
It turns out it's an anime/manga character.
This guy's image fits my preconceived notions about anime and manga otaku, so it doesn't seem strange.
He vaguely remembered.
Zhu Wei lives here simply so he can see those beautiful young female high school students every day.
Um……
It's hard to judge...
"These things are useless." Lin Mo looked at Zhao Feiyu beside him: "What about you?"
Zhao Feiyu remained silent for a moment after hearing this, and then gave a very simple reason: "I have no money."
final.
Zhao Feiyu and Zhu Wei also stayed behind to see if those people could actually buy food.
...
About an hour later.
Those who left before have finally returned, and this time each of them is carrying something in their hands.
and.
There seem to be more people this time than before. It must be that those people took the message back, which made some of the hesitant people make up their minds.
Lin Mo looked at the scattered crowd and said, "Those who want to buy food, please line up one by one."
There was none of the noise and commotion of a vegetable market.
Everyone consciously began to stand in line, and soon a neat line was formed, with the woman who had knelt down earlier standing at the head.
"What did you bring?"
Upon hearing this, the woman hurriedly opened the bag in her hand: "There are two thousand six hundred and fifty-three yuan in cash inside."
"There's also a bank card with 500,000 yuan in it, and some other things..."
Lin Mo suddenly interrupted, "Bank cards don't count."
The woman paused for a moment upon hearing this, and her expression slowly turned somewhat unpleasant.
"continue."
"The other items include a diamond ring, a diamond necklace, a bracelet, and a jade pendant."
"Offer a quote."
"The diamond ring cost 150,000 yuan when we got married, the necklace cost over 10,000 yuan, the bracelet cost 50,000 yuan, and the pendant cost 30,000 yuan."
After the woman finished quoting the price.
Lin Mo took out a bag of bread, a box of biscuits, and two bottles of mineral water from the box and threw them on the ground.
"You can go now."
The woman was incredibly surprised by the result; she had used so many things to get such a small amount of food.
Is it that expensive?
Lin Mo said calmly, "What's so expensive about it? This has always been my price."
"If you can't afford it, think more about the reasons within yourself."
"Why didn't you withdraw the money from the card beforehand? Have you worked hard all these years to save up so little jewelry?"
The woman felt an overwhelming bitterness in her heart.
But she didn't dare to object. She put the bag in her hand into the empty box, silently picked up the food, and walked to the side.
The people queuing behind them all looked incredibly somber; it seemed they wouldn't be able to buy much food today.
but.
This result isn't entirely unacceptable; in this day and age, it's good enough if these things can be exchanged for food.
The second one was a female college student.
She wore a bit more jewelry and several luxury handbags, with a total price of four or five hundred thousand.
final.
In total, they exchanged a large bag of bread, six bags of instant noodles, two boxes of compressed biscuits, and two bottles of water.
The third man fared much worse.
He had no use for the three bank cards he had on him; the only useful thing was a little over a thousand yuan in cash, which he eventually exchanged for a loaf of bread.
This comparison shows that...
The two women in front of them suddenly felt that they weren't so bad off.
The man was extremely depressed. Feeling the two women's gazes, he couldn't help but glance at the food in their hands.
The two women's hearts skipped a beat, and they hurriedly turned and left, clutching the food.
The transaction lasted for half an hour.
Most of the residents in Ziyuan Community are families with children; Zhu Wei's case is just an isolated incident.
In addition, their families are generally well-off.
so.
Almost every woman in the household owns some jewelry.
After everyone had bought their food.
Although the empty box wasn't full, it still contained quite a lot of food, and there was still some left to sell.
I made a rough estimate.
The total haul this time is nearly two million, which should be more than enough as start-up capital.
............
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